Word: truce
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...United Provinces issued a memorandum declaring that "with the equivocal assistance of Mr. Gandhi and the undisguised encouragement of Vallabhai Patel, President of the Indian National Congress," a campaign of essentially Communist propaganda has been waged ever since five days after the signature last spring of the truce between Mr. Gandhi and the Viceroy, then Baron Irwin (TIME, March 16). Objects of this Red campaign appeared to the Government to be "total expropriation of landlords' property and the setting up of a peasants and workers republic...
...soon surrounded the frame farmhouse. Discomforted by the lead which buzzed and whined about him, old Farmer Salisbury climbed up to the attic. Peeping over a window ledge, he waved his handkerchief at the besiegers for recognition. Much to his surprise, two slugs instantly whistled through his flag of truce. After a while the posse's fire was no longer returned. It was then found that Prisoner Green had shot his comrades and himself when the ammunition gave...
...advocate, an authority on agricultural reform. Even so the U. S. State Department refused to recognize him last week. Within 48 hours after the revolution the only visible signs were gaping holes in the Presidential Palace and the fact that cautious motorists traveled about the streets with flags of truce on their radiators...
...admitted last week to be so great that further upping in ''retaliation'' against Britain would be impracticable. What many a Runciman in the Empire hopes is that temporary British tariffs will force U. S. and other tariffs ultimately down, will lead to an international tariff truce which of course would be Free Trade...
Secrecy surpassed itself when the League Secretariat officially announced that Chinese Delegate Dr. Sze and Japanese Delegate Mr. Yoshizawa had agreed to a "truce"'-whereupon both orientals denied the official announcement. In Tokyo reports that Mr. Yoshizawa had used the word "truce" (thus giving away Japan's pretense that she is not at war; created such towering indignation that the diplomat's recall was rumored and almost every Japanese newspaper flayed him. Later he explained that he had not said "truce," was apparently forgiven...